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{{Infobox film
| name           = You Can Count on Me
| image          = You Can Count on Me.png
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Kenneth Lonergan]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jeffrey Sharp]]
* [[John Hart (producer)|John Hart]]
* [[Larry Meistrich]]
* [[Barbara De Fina]]
}}
| writer         = Kenneth Lonergan
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Laura Linney]]
* [[Mark Ruffalo]]
* [[Matthew Broderick]]
* [[Jon Tenney]]
* [[Rory Culkin]]
}}
| music          = [[Lesley Barber]]
| cinematography = Stephen Kazmierski
| editing        = [[Anne McCabe]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[The Shooting Gallery]]
* Hart Sharp Entertainment
* [[Sikelia Productions|Cappa Productions]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Paramount Classics]]
| released       = {{Film date|2000|01|21|[[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]]|2000|11|10|United States}}
| runtime        = 111 minutes
| language       = English
| country        = United States
| budget         = $1.2 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/You-Can-Count-on-Me#tab=summary|title=You Can Count On Me (2000) - Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205151453/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/You-Can-Count-on-Me#tab=summary|archive-date=December 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $11.2 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=youcancountonme.htm |title= You Can Count on Me (2000) |website= [[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208160241/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2102035969/weekend/|archive-date=December 8, 2024|url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
'''''You Can Count on Me''''' is a 2000 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Kenneth Lonergan]] in his [[list of directorial debuts|feature directorial debut]], and starring [[Laura Linney]], [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Rory Culkin]], and [[Matthew Broderick]]. The film follows a single mother living in a small [[Catskill Mountains]] town whose life is disrupted when her struggling, wayward younger brother returns.

Development for ''You Can Count on Me'' began in the 1990s, with Lonergan completing the screenplay based on characters that were the focus of a one-act play he wrote. Principal photography took place on location in the Catskill Mountains in 1999.

''You Can Count on Me'' premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] on January 21, 2000, where it tied with ''[[Girlfight]]'' for the Grand Jury Prize, and Lonergan won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. It was given a [[limited theatrical release]] released in the United States by [[Paramount Vantage|Paramount Classics]] beginning November 10, 2000, with its release eventually expanding to 150 theaters nationwide. The film went on to become a [[sleeper hit]], earning $11.2 million internationally, and was met with critical acclaim. At the [[73rd Academy Awards]], Linney was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] and Lonergan was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]].

==Plot==
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Sammy and Terry Prescott lose their parents to a car crash. Years later, Sammy, a single mother and [[loan officer]] at a bank, still lives in her childhood home in a [[Political subdivisions of New York State#Village|village]] in the [[Catskill Mountains]] of New York, while Terry has drifted around the country, scraping by and getting in and out of trouble.

After months of no communication with his sister, Terry and his girlfriend Sheila are desperate for money, so he comes to visit Sammy and her son Rudy, who are excited about reuniting with him. Despite the disappointment of learning that he cut off contact because he was in jail for three months, Sammy lends him the money, which he mails back to Sheila. After Sheila attempts suicide, he decides to extend his stay with Sammy, which she welcomes.

For a school writing assignment, Rudy imagines his father, who he has no memory of, as a fantastic hero. While Sammy has always given him vague yet negative descriptions of Rudy Sr., Terry is frank with him that Rudy Sr. is not a nice person &ndash; though Rudy naively believes his father has changed. Sammy rekindles a sexual relationship with Bob, an old boyfriend, but is surprised when he [[proposal of marriage|proposes]] to her after a short time so says she needs time to consider it.

At the bank, the new manager Brian tries to make his mark with unusual demands about computer color schemes and daily timesheets. While co-worker Mabel works well with the changes, Sammy is upset when Brian requests that she make arrangements for someone else to pick up Rudy from the school bus rather than Sammy leaving work at random. After some minor arguments, they start having sex, despite Brian's wife being six months pregnant.

Terry grows close to Rudy during their time together. Yet he pushes the limits of Sammy's parental control, keeping Rudy out very late as the two play [[pool (game)|pool]] at a bar. She turns to Ron, her church minister, to counsel Terry about his aimless outlook on life. While Terry resists his sister's advice, he and Rudy grow steadily closer. Realizing her own questionable decisions, Sammy turns down Bob's marriage proposal and breaks off her fling with Brian.

After a day of fishing, Terry and Rudy decide to visit Rudy Sr. in a trailer park in a nearby town. Confronted by his past, Rudy Sr. denies he is Rudy's father and starts a brawl with Terry. Rudy watches silently as Terry beats Rudy Sr. and gets arrested.

Sammy brings her brother and son home. When Rudy insists that Rudy Sr. is not his father, Sammy finally tells him the truth. Sammy asks Terry to move out, but admits how important he is to her and Rudy, suggesting he get his own place in town and get his life back on track. He scoffs at Sammy's idea and plans to go back to [[Alaska]]. While at first it appears the separation will be another heartache, they reconcile before Terry leaves, coming to terms with their respective paths in life.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Laura Linney]] as Samantha "Sammy" Prescott
* [[Mark Ruffalo]] as Terry Prescott
* [[Matthew Broderick]] as Brian Everett
* [[Jon Tenney]] as Bob
* [[Rory Culkin]] as Rudy  
* [[J. Smith-Cameron]] as Mabel
* [[Josh Lucas]] as Rudy Sr. 
* [[Gaby Hoffmann]] as Sheila
* [[Adam LeFevre]] as Sheriff Darryl
* [[Amy Ryan]] as Mrs. Prescott
* Michael Countryman as Mr. Prescott
* [[Kenneth Lonergan]] as Ron
}}

==Production==
===Development===
Kenneth Lonergan began developing the screenplay for ''You Can Count on Me'' around 1995, after he had written and staged a one-act play titled ''This Is Our Youth'' featuring the sibling characters of Sammy and Terry.<ref name=Perman>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/11/30/kenneth-lonergan-you-can-count-on-me-20th-anniversary-interview/|work=Bright Wall/Dark Room|title=Kenneth Lonergan on You Can Count on Me|last=Perman|first=Chad|date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128190453/https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/11/30/kenneth-lonergan-you-can-count-on-me-20th-anniversary-interview/|archive-date=November 28, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> "It was always going to be a movie even though it was based on the one-act, because the town itself plays such a big part of the story—what it meant to him and what it meant to her—and it’s hard to convey a sense of a town’s outdoor atmosphere in a play," said Lonergan. "I always saw their relationship to the town and to the scenery too—I wanted it to be in a very beautiful setting that felt constrictive to him but calming and secure to her—and I didn’t know how in the world to do that in a play."<ref name=Perman/>

''You Can Count on Me'' marked the feature film debut for Lonergan, who had previously worked primarily in theater.<ref name=Perman/> John Hart, the original main producer for the film, promised Lonergan a budget of $3 million if he could cast two notable stars in the lead roles; $2 million if he could cast one notable star; and $1 million if the film featured unknown actors.<ref name=Perman/>

To produce the film, Hart partnered with [[The Shooting Gallery]], an independent film company which filed [[bankruptcy]] shortly after ''You Can Count on Me'' was released.<ref name=Perman/> In a later interview, Lonergan described the company as "crooked" and alleged that they owed him and several other filmmakers money which went unpaid.<ref name=Perman/>

===Casting===
[[Matthew Broderick]] was the first actor to be cast in the film in the supporting role of Laura's boss.<ref name=Perman/> Lonergan said that "the whole film was actually contingent on him being in it, because he was the biggest star in it."<ref name=Perman/> [[J. Smith-Cameron]], Lonergan's then-girlfriend, was cast in a minor role.<ref name=Perman/>

[[Laura Linney]] was cast in the lead of Sammy after auditioning for the part.<ref name=Perman/> Lonergan said he was drawn to the "wonderful sunniness to her but also this sadness—not smiling-through-the-tears but genuine warmth and a genuine depth of feeling."<ref name=Perman/> While Linney was an established actress at the time, [[Mark Ruffalo]] was largely unknown, and Lonergan said the film's producers were "a little bit nervous about [casting] him."<ref name=Perman/> However, after executives observed Linney and Ruffalo performing scene readings together, they approved Lonergan's casting choice.<ref name=Perman/>

===Filming===
Principal photography of ''You Can Count on Me'' lasted 28 days, with six-day work weeks.<ref name=Perman/> Lonergan recalled being "miserable" and "a nervous wreck" on the set, though he said: "Nobody on set was difficult though, the cast and crew were wonderful."<ref name=Perman/>

The story takes place in the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskill]] region of south east New York state, in the fictionalized communities of Scottsville and Auburn. While there is an actual [[Scottsville, New York|Scottsville]] and [[Auburn, New York]], they are over {{convert|200 |miles|km}} away, in the north west Great Lakes and [[Finger Lakes]] regions of the state, respectively. The film was primarily shot in and around [[Margaretville, New York]], a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] on the border of [[Catskill Park]], in June 1999.<ref name="cast">''You Can Count on Me'' – DVD Extras: Cast Interviews</ref><ref>Posters for Margaretville's July 4 "Field Days" can be seen in shop windows.</ref>

While the bank exteriors were filmed at Margaretville's [[NBT Bank]], the interiors were filmed in an unrelated bank closer to [[New York City]], since NBT considered interior filming a security risk.<ref name="bank">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbtbank.com/pdfs/NBTBank150Years.pdf |title=150 Years...and Counting: NBT Bank |page=43 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009122532/http://www.nbtbank.com/pdfs/NBTBank150Years.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2010 }}</ref> The scenes where Rudy Jr. walks home in the rain were filmed with the assistance of the Margaretville Fire Department, which used their trucks and hoses to create the rain.<ref name="director">''You Can Count on Me'' – DVD Extras: Director Commentary</ref>

Some outdoor scenes, most notably the fishing trip, were filmed in [[Phoenicia, New York]].<ref name="director" /> The Margaretville cemetery could not be seen from the road, so those scenes were shot at a cemetery {{convert|4|miles|km}} outside the village, on [[NY Route 30|Route 30]].

==Soundtrack==
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| extra1        = [[Steve Earle]] & the [[Del McCoury]] Band
| length1       = 3:29

| title2 = Straight Highway
| extra2 = [[The V-Roys]]
| length2= 2:13

| title3 = Far Away You
| extra3 = [[Marah (band)|Marah]]
| length3= 3:32

| title4= Vampire
| extra4= [[Bap Kennedy]]
| length4= 2:37

| title5= Strange
| extra5= The V-Roys
| length5= 2:32

| title6= White Lies
| extra6= [[Cheri Knight]]
| length6= 3:31

| title7= Harlan Man
| extra7= Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band
| length7= 3:22

| title8= White Lies
| extra8= Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band
| length8= 4:43

| title9= Amy 88
| extra9= The V-Roys
| length9= 2:20

| title10= Mendocino
| extra10 = [[6 String Drag]]
| length10= 3:08

| title11= I'm Still In Love with You
| extra11= Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band
| length11= 4:06

| title12= Pilgrim
| extra12= Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band
| length12= 5:28
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==Release==
''You Can Count on Me'' premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] on January 21, 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2000 |title=Sundance films in competition |url=https://www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/21/sundance.preview/index.list.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230910064341/https://www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/21/sundance.preview/index.list.html |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> where it competed for the Grand Jury Prize and tied with ''[[Girlfight]]'' (2000).<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2000 |title=‘Girlfight,’ ‘Count on Me’ Tie at Sundance |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-30-mn-59327-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250723012440/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-30-mn-59327-story.html |archive-date=July 23, 2025 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> 

[[Paramount Vantage|Paramount Classics]] gave the film a [[limited theatrical release]] in the United States beginning November 10, 2000, with the release expanding later that month over the [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] weekend.<ref>{{Cite news |last=German |first=David |date=November 10, 2000 |title=Laura Linney mixes stage screen roles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun/177259235/ |work=The Sun |via=Newspapers.com |p=2D}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bernard |first=Jami |date=November 10, 2000 |title=For a good drama, 'Count on Me' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/177259387/ |work=[[New York Daily News]] |via=Newspapers.com |p=22}}</ref> Its release eventually expanded to 150 theaters nationwide<ref name=BOM/> on December 22, 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paiva |first=Derek |date=December 22, 2000 |title=O, brother, what's happening to art houses? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-advertiser/177336523/ |work=[[Honolulu Star-Advertiser]] |via=Newspapers.com |p=5}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film was released on DVD and VHS from [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] on June 26, 2001.<ref name="HV">{{Cite web |last=Tribbey |first=Ralph |date=March 30, 2001 |title=Paramount Delivers 'Last Dance' on DVD |url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_id=985 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010420025408/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_id=985 |archive-date=April 20, 2001 |access-date=September 11, 2019 |website=hive4media.com |url-status=live }}</ref> It comes with commentary from director–writer Lonergan, cast and crew interviews, plus the theatrical trailer.<ref name="HV" /> In July 2025, it was released in 4K and standard Blu-ray formats by [[The Criterion Collection]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=You Can Count on Me (2000) |url=https://www.criterion.com/films/30206-you-can-count-on-me |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625151113/https://www.criterion.com/films/30206-you-can-count-on-me |archive-date=June 25, 2025 |website=[[The Criterion Collection]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
During the film's U.S. opening weekend beginning November 10, 2000, the film earned $118,170 between 8 theaters.<ref name=BOM/> Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the film's release expanded to 53 theaters, with a weekend gross of $417,000, averaging $7,868 per screen.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 4, 2000|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-urbana-daily-citizen/177336297/|work=[[Urbana Daily Citizen]]|p=7|title='Grinch' again steals box office; 'Unbreakable' comes in second|last=Lin|first=Judy|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> 

The film went on to become a [[sleeper hit]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/dec/30/1|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 30, 2007|title=What lies beneath|last=Ellen|first=Barbara|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250724025018/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/dec/30/1|archive-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref> grossing $9,416,804 in the United States, and $1,825,717 internationally, for a worldwide gross of $11,242,521.<ref name=BOM/>

===Critical response===
The film received critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2023 |title="You Can Count on Me" and "Mudbound" Among Films With November Anniversaries |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/you-can-count-on-me-and-mudbound-among-films-with-november-anniversaries/ |website=[[Sundance Film Festival]] |language=en-US|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250723014121/https://www.sundance.org/blogs/you-can-count-on-me-and-mudbound-among-films-with-november-anniversaries/|archive-date=July 23, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Valentini |first=Valentina I. |date=January 20, 2016 |title=Six Sundance Films with New England Roots |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2016/01/20/sundance-new-england-films/ |website=[[Boston (magazine)|Boston]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2012 |title='Margaret': The Tortured Journey Of A Girl, On Screen |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/156611333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416183144/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/156611333|archive-date=April 16, 2021 |website=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref> {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|95|8.1|105|consensus=''You Can Count on Me'' may look like it belongs on the small screen, but the movie surprises with its simple yet affecting story. Beautifully acted and crafted, the movie will simply draw you in.|access-date=July 21, 2025|ref=y}} {{Metacritic film prose|85|31|ref=yes|access-date=July 21, 2025}}
 
''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]]'' highly praised the film, specifically for its writing and acting.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greenberg |first=James |title=Acting Up |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6F0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=you+can+count+on+me+sundance&pg=PA96 |magazine=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=December 2000 |via=Google Books |language=en}}</ref> Reviewer [[Stephen Holden]] described the film as "the perfectly pitched directorial debut of the playwright (''This Is Our Youth'') and screenwriter (''[[Analyze This]]'') Kenneth Lonergan. Because it arrives near the end of one of the most dismal film seasons in memory, this melancholy little gem of a movie, which won two major awards at the [[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners#2000|Sundance Film Festival]], qualifies as one of the two or three finest American films released this year....''You Can Count on Me'' is an exquisitely observed slice of upstate New York life that reminds us there are still plenty of American communities where the pace is more human than computer-driven. The movie dares to portray small-town middle-class life in America as somewhat drab and predictable. Without ever condescending to its characters, it trusts that the everyday problems of ordinary people, if portrayed with enough knowledge, empathy and insight, can be as compelling as the most bizarre screaming carnival on ''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]''."<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/10/movies/film-review-a-dysfunctional-family-with-wounds-exposed.html |title= A Dysfunctional Family With Wounds Exposed | work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=Stephen Holden| first=Stephen |last= Holden| date= November 10, 2000| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703003708/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/10/movies/film-review-a-dysfunctional-family-with-wounds-exposed.html|archive-date=July 3, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[David Edelstein]] called the film the "best American movie of the year", noting that "[w]hat the film is 'about' can't be summed up in a line: Its themes remain just out of reach, its major conflicts sadly unresolved. But Lonergan writes bottomless dialogue. When his people open their mouths, what comes out is never a definitive expression of character: It's an awkward compromise between how they feel and what they're able to say; or how they feel and what they think they should say; or how they feel and what will best conceal how they feel. The common term for this is "[[subtext]]," and ''You Can Count on Me'' has a subtext so powerful that it reaches out and pulls you under. Even when the surface is tranquil, you know in your guts what's at stake." Edelstein concludes "Lonergan doesn't yet know how to make the camera show us things that his dialogue doesn't, but when you write dialogue like he does, you can take your time to learn. Hell, he can take another 20 movies to learn."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2000/11/counter_culture.html |author-link=David Edelstein|title= The dialogue stars in You Can Count on Me  | work= [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]| first=David |last= Edelstein| date= November 17, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124152608/https://slate.com/culture/2000/11/counter-culture.html|archive-date=January 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to [[Roger Ebert]], "Beyond and beneath, that is the rich human story of ''You Can Count on Me''. I love the way Lonergan shows his characters in flow, pressed this way and that by emotional tides and practical considerations. This is not a movie about people solving things. This is a movie about people living day to day with their plans, fears and desires. It's rare to get a good movie about the touchy adult relationship of a sister and brother. Rarer still for the director to be more fascinated by the process than the outcome. This is one of the best movies of the year."<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/you-can-count-on-me-2000|title= You Can Count on Me | via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]| first=Roger|last= Ebert| author-link=Roger Ebert| date= November 17, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207170819/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/you-can-count-on-me-2000|archive-date=December 7, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rob Mackie of ''[[The Guardian]]'' praised the film, likening it to ''[[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]'' and writing: "In its unassuming way, this is one of the finest films in a disappointing year for American movies...&nbsp;Lonergan films it in short, pithy scenes and leaves the interpretation up to you: is Ruffalo a liberating influence or was Culkin better with a protective mother as his formative influence? These are the sort of people US movies very rarely bother with."<ref>{{cite news|last=Mackie|first=Rob|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=You Can Count on Me|date=December 12, 2001|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/13/dvdreviews.reviews|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250724030012/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/13/dvdreviews.reviews|archive-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref>

In a 2016 [[BBC]] poll, ''You Can Count on Me'' was voted by four critics as one of the greatest films since 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films-who-voted |title=The 21st century's 100 greatest films: Who voted? |work=[[BBC]] |date=August 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709032327/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films-who-voted|archive-date=July 9, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Institution
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| [[Academy Awards]] 
| rowspan="2"| [[73rd Academy Awards|2001]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Laura Linney]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref name="Oscars2001">{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001 |title=The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners |work=[[Academy Awards]]|date=October 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222052100/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001|archive-date=December 22, 2023|url-status=live |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| [[Kenneth Lonergan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[American Film Institute Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[American Film Institute Awards#2000|2000]]
| Top 10 Movies of the Year
| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/award/afi-awards-2000/ |title=AFI Awards 2000 |work=[[American Film Institute]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250722072606/https://www.afi.com/award/afi-awards-2000/|archive-date=July 22, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| [[American Film Institute#AFI Fest|American Film Institute Fest]]
| New Directions Award
| rowspan="2"| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref name=AFIFest2000>{{cite web|url=https://fest.afi.com/2000/new-directions-from-american-independents-2000/you-can-count-on-me/ |title=You Can Count on Me|work=[[American Film Institute#AFI Fest|AFI Fest]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250723014629/https://fest.afi.com/2000/new-directions-from-american-independents-2000/you-can-count-on-me/|archive-date=July 23, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best New Writer
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Awards Circuit Community Awards	
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| Best Actress in a Leading Role
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Bodil Awards]]
| [[55th Bodil Awards|2002]]
|[[Bodil Award for Best American Film|Best American Film]]
| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kenneth-lonergan/bio/3030072901/|work=[[TV Guide]]|title=Kenneth Lonergan Biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250724032820/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kenneth-lonergan/bio/3030072901/|archive-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|  [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| rowspan="3"|  [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2000|2000]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Mark Ruffalo]]
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| <ref name=BSFC>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-2000s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 2000s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date= July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211182208/https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-2000s/|archive-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| Best New Filmmaker
| rowspan="2"| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;| [[British Film Institute|British Film Institute Awards]]
| 2001
| [[Sutherland Trophy]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/60-years-awards-london-film-festival-brief-history-competition|work=[[British Film Institute]]|title=60 years of awards at the London Film Festival – A brief history of the competition|last=Baughan|first=Nikki|date=October 9, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250724032235/https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/60-years-awards-london-film-festival-brief-history-competition|archive-date=July 24, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2000|2001]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250630133513/https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives|archive-date=June 30, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films|Chlotrudis Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| Best Actor
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/2001-7th-annual-awards/ |title=7th Annual Chlotrudis Awards |website=[[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250603214520/https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/2001-7th-annual-awards/|archive-date=June 3, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Actress
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Critics' Choice Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[6th Critics' Choice Awards|2001]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2000.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2000 |website=[[Critics' Choice Awards]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225195441/http://bfca.org/ccawards/2000.php |archive-date=February 25, 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;'| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| rowspan="5"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2000|2001]]
|  [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Top 10 Films|Top 10 Films]]
| rowspan="2"| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{draw|10th Place}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/177338038/|work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|date=January 6, 2001|p=17|title=North Texas critics go with 'Traffic'|via=Newspapers.com|last=Philpot|first=Robert}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Picture|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{draw|5th Place}}
|-
| Russell Smith Award
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;'| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[58th Golden Globe Awards|2001]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/you-can-count-me |title=You Can Count on Me   |website=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124152607/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/you-can-count-me|archive-date=January 24, 2024 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|2001}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan="3"| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Gotham Independent Film Awards]]
| [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2000|2000]]
| [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director|Breakthrough Director (Open Palm Award)]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://awards.thegotham.org/past-recipients/ |title=Past Recipients |website=[[Gotham Awards]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250614074122/https://awards.thegotham.org/past-recipients/|archive-date=June 14, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Humanitas Prize]]
| 2002
| [[List of Humanitas Prize recipients#2002 (27th Humanitas Awards)|Feature Film]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.humanitasprize.org/prize-winners |title=Past Winners & Nominees |website=[[Humanitas Prize]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405005546/https://www.humanitasprize.org/prize-winners|archive-date=April 5, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[Independent Spirit Awards]]
| rowspan="5"| [[16th Independent Spirit Awards|2001]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature|Best First Feature]]
| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2021_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_063021.pdf |title=36 Years of Nominees and Winners |website=[[Independent Spirit Awards]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716074327/https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2021_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_063021.pdf|archive-date=July 16, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead|Best Male Lead]]
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Best Female Lead]]
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Debut Performance
| [[Rory Culkin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| rowspan="3"|[[2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|2000]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{Runner-up}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/2000.php |title=The 26th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
| New Generation Award
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Montreal World Film Festival]]
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| Grand Prix des Amériques
| rowspan="2"| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/177260914/|work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|Montreal Gazette]]|title=And that's a wrap|date=September 5, 2000|p=28|last=Griffin|first=John|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
|-
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Actor
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[National Board of Review]]
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 2000|2001]]
| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/2000/ |title=2000 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Special Filmmaking Achievement
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards|2001]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=19 December 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151017103247/http://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|2001]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=2000 |title=2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209194938/https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=2000 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| Best Actress
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/5th-annual-film-awards-2000/ |title=5th Annual Film Awards (2000) |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200807163921/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/5th-annual-film-awards-2000/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| rowspan="2"| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best First Feature
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000|2001]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/2000-awards-4th-annual/ |title=2000 Awards (4th Annual) |website=[[Online Film Critics Society]] |date=January 3, 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121121646/https://ofcs.org/awards/2000-awards-4th-annual/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| Best Actress in a Leading Role
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role
| Rory Culkin
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2000|2000]]
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan="2"| Laura Linney
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Julia Roberts]] for ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]''.}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/awards/san-diego-crix-tap-famous-as-top-pic-1117790966/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=San Diego crix tap ‘Famous’ as top pic|last=Gray|first=Tim|date=December 26, 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250724035522/https://variety.com/2000/film/awards/san-diego-crix-tap-famous-as-top-pic-1117790966/|archive-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Satellite Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[5th Golden Satellite Awards|2001]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2001.shtml |title=International Press Academy website – 2001 5th Annual Satellite Awards|work=[[Satellite Awards]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201175700/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2001.shtml|archive-date=February 1, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[7th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2001]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/7th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=The 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |work=[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]|archive-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101205428/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/7th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
| rowspan="3"| 2000
|  Best Picture
| ''You Can Count on Me''
| {{draw|5th Place}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/2000 |title=2000 SEFA Awards |website=Southeastern Film Critics Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708145833/https://www.sefca.net/winners#/2000%20|archive-date=July 8, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Actor
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actress
| Laura Linney
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Stockholm International Film Festival]]
| 2000
| Bronze Horse (Best Film)
| rowspan="3"| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Sundance Film Festival]]
| rowspan="2"| [[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners#2000|2000]] 
| Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Karyn Kusama]] for ''[[Girlfight]]''.}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://history.sundance.org/events/35 |title=2000 Sundance Film Festival |website=[[Sundance Film Festival]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514020531/https://history.sundance.org/events/35|archive-date=May 14, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards]] 
| rowspan="3"| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2000|2000]]
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Male Performance]]
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{Runner-up}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="TFCA Awards 2000">{{cite web|url=http://torontofilmcritics.com/blog/2000/12/21/tfca-awards-2000/|title=TFCA Awards 2000|work=[[Toronto Film Critics Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006010525/http://torontofilmcritics.com/blog/2000/12/21/tfca-awards-2000/|archivedate=October 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Female Performance]]
| Laura Linney
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards]] 
| rowspan="2"| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2000|2001]]
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Mark Ruffalo
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2001/02/01/1st-annual-award-winners/ |title=1st Annual Award Winners |website=[[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]] |date=February 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515105252/https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2001/02/01/1st-annual-award-winners/|archive-date=May 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Laura Linney
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Writers Guild of America Awards]] 
| [[53rd Writers Guild of America Awards|2001]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Kenneth Lonergan
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|title=Writers Guild Awards Winners|url-status=dead|work=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]]|year=2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525050852/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|archive-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Young Artist Awards]]
| [[22nd Young Artist Awards|2001]]
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor
| Rory Culkin
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Young Artist Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm |title=22nd Annual Young Artist Awards |work=[[Young Artist Awards]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928181449/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2014}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0203230|You Can Count on Me}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|you_can_count_on_me|You Can Count on Me}}

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{{Succession box
| title=[[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners|Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic]]
| years=2000<br>tied with '''''[[Girlfight]]'''''
| before=''[[Three Seasons]]''
| after=''[[The Believer (2001 film)|The Believer]]''}}
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{{Kenneth Lonergan}}
{{Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature}}
{{Sundance Grand Jury Prize Dramatic}}
{{Sutherland Trophy}}

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